Alexander Soros (born October 27, 1985) is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaire

George Soros George Soros (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist. , he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundat ...

, he chairs the Board of Directors of the

Open Society Foundations Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an American grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the s ...

and sits on the investment committee for

Soros Fund Management Soros Fund Management is a privately held American investment management firm. It is currently structured as a family office, but formerly was a hedge fund. The firm was founded in 1970 by George Soros and, in 2010, was reported to be one of th ...

. He was also named one of the

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of 2018.

Early life and education

Alexander Soros is the son of billionaire

and

Susan Weber Soros Susan Weber (born 1954) is an American historian. She is the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture affiliated with Bard College in Dutchess County, New York. ...

. He was raised in

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and has a younger brother, Gregory. Alex attended King Low Heywood Thomas in

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. He graduated from

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in 2009, and in 2018 graduated with a PhD in history from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. On June 11, 2023, ''

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'' reported he would be the heir to the Soros fortune and would immediately take over the Soros Open Society Foundation.

Philanthropy

Soros manages the Soros Family Foundation and the Open Society Foundation, which distributes around US$1.5 billion a year to advance

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

and democratic governments. Soros established himself as a philanthropist with his first major contribution to

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in 2011. According to a 2011 profile in ''

'', Soros' focus is on "progressive causes." Since then, he has joined the board of directors of organizations including

Global Witness Global Witness is an international NGO that investigates environmental and human rights abuses. The organisation campaigns for greater representation of people affected by the climate crisis in climate decision-making. They have offices in Lon ...

(as an advisory board member), which campaigns against environmental and human rights abuses associated with the exploitation of natural resources. In March 2012, he donated $200,000 to the Jewish Council for Education and Research, the organization behind 2008's "Great Schlep" in support of then-candidate

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Alexander Soros Foundation

In 2012, Soros established the Alexander Soros Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting

social justice Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has of ...

and human rights. Among the foundation's initial grantees are

, the

National Domestic Workers Alliance The National Domestic Workers Alliance is an advocacy organization promoting the rights of domestic workers in the United States. Founded in 2007, it is made up of 4 local chapters and 63 affiliate organizations around the country, along with tho ...

, which represents the rights of 2.5 million domestic workers in the U.S., and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization for Latino and working class communities in the

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. Alongside the

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and the Open Society Foundations, the Alexander Soros Foundation funded the first U.S. national statistical study of domestic workers ("Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work," released November 26, 2012).

ASF awards

* In July 2012, the Alexander Soros Foundation presented its inaugural ASF Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism to Liberian activist Silas Siakor. * In 2013, the prize went to

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, the Cambodian activist who died defending the

Prey Lang The Prey Lang Forest (; , ) is a forest in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie and Stung Treng Provinces in Northern Cambodia. The forest covers an estimated 3,600 square kilometres (1,390 square miles). It is one of Southeast Asia's last rema ...

forest. * In 2014, the prize was awarded posthumously to Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos Pérez, Leoncio Quincima Meléndez and Francisco Pinedo, a group of indigenous leaders from Peru who were murdered because of their work trying to end

illegal logging Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a p ...

in their community in Peru's

rainforest Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...

. * In 2015, the prize went to Alphonse Muhindo Valivambene and Bantu Lukambo for their dedication to defending Virunga National Park against corrupt interests attempting to open the park to illegal oil drilling and poaching. * In 2016, the prize went to Paul Pavol, a villager from

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

who is speaking out against the appropriation of rainforest in his home district of Pomio by Malaysian logging conglomerate

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. * In 2017, Antônia Melo da Silva, a longtime Brazilian environmental activist, received the Alexander Soros Foundation Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism for her inspiring role leading campaigns to stop the construction of the

Belo Monte Dam The Belo Monte Dam (''formerly known as'' Kararaô) is a hydroelectric dam complex on the northern part of the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. After its completion, with the installation of its 18th turbine, in November 2019, the in ...

and other infrastructure projects in the

Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin ...

Investment career

Soros is the only family member sitting on the investment committee for

, the vehicle which ''

'' says is managing the $25bn for the family and the charitable foundation.

Other activities

Soros is credited as a producer of several movies, including ''Trial by Fire'' and ''

The Kleptocrats ''The Kleptocrats'' is a 2018 documentary film produced by Mike Lerner and directed by Sam Hobkinson and Havana Marking that investigates the theft of over $3 billion from Malaysian government fund 1MDB. The scandal implicated several public fi ...

''. Soros is a visiting assistant professor of political studies at

Bard College Bard College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains within the Hudson River Historic District ...

, where he has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities. Additionally, Soros is a member of the board of trustees at Bard.

Publications

In 2014, Soros contributed an essay to the book ''God, Faith and Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors''. Soros' writing has appeared in ''

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'',

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...

, ''

The Miami Herald The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1903, it is the fifth-largest newspaper in Florida, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe countie ...

'', ''The

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'', and ''

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''.

Personal life

Soros lives in

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. He had been dating

Huma Abedin Huma Mahmood Abedin (born July 28, 1975) is an American political staffer who was vice chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign for President of the United States. Before that, Abedin was deputy chief of staff to Clinton when she was U.S. Secre ...

since at least May 2024, when they appeared together at the

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. He married Abedin on June 14, 2025, after an eleven-month engagement. Guests in attendance at the wedding included various Democratic political leaders, Hollywood celebrities and other high-profile individuals such as

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References

External links

Alexander Soros Foundation

Open Society Foundation: Alexander Soros
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University of California, Berkeley alumni Philanthropists from New York (state) 21st-century American historians Bard College faculty